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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/...smoking_attack
JENSEN BEACH, Fla. – Authorities said a man has been charged with domestic battery after he drenched his wife with a garden hose and elbowed her for smoking in the house. An arrest report shows that the 51-year-old husband was charged Saturday. Police said the couple began arguing when the wife began smoking a cigarette in their home.
When the victim picked up the phone and began calling a friend, authorities said the husband believed she was trying to call police and elbowed her in the mouth during a struggle to grab the phone.
The woman was soaked with water when deputies arrived. The husband told deputies he had been watering the grass and did not intend to spray her.
The man was taken to the Martin County Jail and released after posting bond.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/...smoking_attack
JENSEN BEACH, Fla. – Authorities said a man has been charged with domestic battery after he drenched his wife with a garden hose and elbowed her for smoking in the house. An arrest report shows that the 51-year-old husband was charged Saturday. Police said the couple began arguing when the wife began smoking a cigarette in their home.
When the victim picked up the phone and began calling a friend, authorities said the husband believed she was trying to call police and elbowed her in the mouth during a struggle to grab the phone.
The woman was soaked with water when deputies arrived. The husband told deputies he had been watering the grass and did not intend to spray her.
The man was taken to the Martin County Jail and released after posting bond.
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I think the issue was elbowing her in the mouth when she tried to call police. If had been just getting wet, the police would probably have laughed at her fro calling. Or arrested her for calling 911 for a non-emergency.
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The issue is, that she lives in the home too. She is entitled to do as she pleases as long as it is not an illegal act. Whether he agrees with it or not. His actions to prevent her from smoking and making a telephone call were petty, childish and regardless of intent were, ultimately, illegal.
If someone you are living with is doing something you don't agree with, ask them to stop and explain why it's bothering you. If they decide not to stop, you must take the moral high ground and remove yourself from the environment. Domestic battery laws are quite specific and have very little leeway.
If someone you are living with is doing something you don't agree with, ask them to stop and explain why it's bothering you. If they decide not to stop, you must take the moral high ground and remove yourself from the environment. Domestic battery laws are quite specific and have very little leeway.
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The issue is, that she lives in the home too. She is entitled to do as she pleases as long as it is not an illegal act. Whether he agrees with it or not. His actions to prevent her from smoking and making a telephone call were petty, childish and regardless of intent were, ultimately, illegal.
If someone you are living with is doing something you don't agree with, ask them to stop and explain why it's bothering you. If they decide not to stop, you must take the moral high ground and remove yourself from the environment. Domestic battery laws are quite specific and have very little leeway.
If someone you are living with is doing something you don't agree with, ask them to stop and explain why it's bothering you. If they decide not to stop, you must take the moral high ground and remove yourself from the environment. Domestic battery laws are quite specific and have very little leeway.